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THE VETERINARIAN, MAY 1, 1860. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
THE PROGRESS OE THE PROEESSION. 
The aspect of the times cannot be mistaken by the most 
superficial observer; and he must be mentally blind who 
does not perceive the advances that are taking place around 
him. In the words of the Wise Man w^e may say, “Doth not 
wisdom cry, and understanding put forth her voice ?” That 
general knowledge is being increased in this our day is patent 
to all. The present age has been designated, not only one of 
progress, but also of reconstruction ; an age of energy and 
of nascent life, and one in which everything is put into the 
crucible and analysed. It is therefore one calling for the 
most active employment of the faculties of the mind, which, 
like the body, is strengthened by what it feeds upon. Close 
attention is consequently required to enable us to keep pace 
with what is doing, and this the more since we perceive that 
scientific instruction is being given under the patronage of 
Government to the industrial classes, and sums of money are 
awarded annually to proficient teachers in various divisions of 
science, among which are geometry ; physics, mechanical and 
experimental; chemistry, inorganic and organic ; geology and 
mineralogy ; with natural history, including the subdivisions 
zoology, physiology, and botany. Surely, then, there is a 
needs-be for those who are being educated for a profession to 
be ever on the alert, lest those below them should know more 
than they do, and thus in the end displace them in the social 
scale. We would therefore press upon all the advice given 
by Lord Brougham, in his well-known letter to Zachary 
Macaulay, who, when referring to the education of the son 
of the latter, said, “ That the foundation of all excellence is to 
be laid in an early application to general knowledge. 
Equally so it is clear that professional eminence can only be 
